Squeegee



l. F. NELSON.

SQUEEGEE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2a', 1921.

1,395,863. Patented Nov. 1v, 1921.

WITNESSES /IV VEN TOI? Arron/vers UNITED STATES JOHN F. NELSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SQUEEGEE.

Application led April :28, 1921.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN F. NELSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New-York, Grasmere, borough of Richmond, vin the county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Squeegee, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to cleaning implements or tools especially designed for household use, and refers more particularly to an improvement in squeegees.

The present invention seeks for one of its principal objects to provide a squeegee which is constructed so as to expose all of .the working edges thereof for use, the same being preferably of rectangular or oblong formation, whereby working edges of various width are provided to render the same useful irrespective of the working space in which it is to be used.

Another feature of the invention resides in the provision of a novel means for associating the flexible resilient strip with its handle to reduce the cost of production of the article and materially increase its strength and durability.

With the above recited and other objects and advantages in view, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangements of elements set forth in the specification, pointed out in the claim and illustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through the squeegee, taken approximately on the line a-a of Fig. 2

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a transverse fragmentary sectional view taken on the line bof Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 10 designates a flexible, elastic and resilient strip of material preferably of oblong configuration presenting long working edges 11 and short working edges 12. The strip is preferably constructed of rubber, although any other suitable material which would properly function may be used in lieu thereof. A pair of clamping plates 13 and 14 are provided, the same being of a reduced dimension with respect to the strip 10. The clamping plates 13 and 14 are bent upon themselves to provide longitudinally extending outwardly bulged central portions 15 having a longitudinal depression 16 constituting a receiving groove. The clamping plates are arranged on opposite sides of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented N ov. 1, 1921K. Serial No. 465,211.

strip 10 with the side edges 17 thereof in contact with the strip. The plates are further provided with openings 18 adjacent the opposite ends thereof, said openings being arranged in the depressed central portion thereof. A handle 19 is provided and the same is formed with outwardly and angularly bent arms 20, the extremities 21 of which are turned at a right angle thereto and adapted to be passed through the alined openings 18 and the clamping plates 13 and 14 and through openings formed in the strip 10. The extended portions of said extremities are bent inwardly toward each other as at 22. The ends of the arms 20 are designed to lie in the depression or groove formed in the inner plate 14, and the outer extremities 22 are designed to be arranged in the depression or groove 16 of the outer plate, thereby serving to attach the handle to the strip and plates and at the same time force the opposite edges 17 of the clamping plates into biting engagement with the strip. By this arrangement a s queegee is produced which is provided with a plurality of working edges of various sizes to accommodate the same to different usage.

While there has been illustrated and described a single and preferred embodiment of the invention, no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details, as it is to be understood that variations and modifications which properly fall within the scope of the appended claim may be resorted to when found expedient.

Having thus described my invention, what Y I claim is:

As an article of manufacture, a squeegee comprising a flexible elastic strip of rectangular formation, a pair of rectangular clamping plates of reduced area with respect thereto, said clamping plates having longitudinally Vextending centrally bulged p0rtions having a centrally longitudinally eX- tending depression and a handle having means carried thereby for attaching the same to the strip and effecting the clamping of the plates to the opposite sides thereof,

said means consisting of a pair of arms bent into substantially U-form in which the parallel side portions of said arms respectively lie within the depression of the plates and the connecting portion of the side portions extend through the plates in the strip adjacent the opposite endsthereof.

JOHN F. NELSON. 

